Joaquin Rodriguez retains the overall lead during the 19th stage of the Giro d’Italia from Treviso to Val di Fiemme, Italy, on Friday. Fabio Ferrari • associated press

VanDerveer becomes new women’s basketball coach at UC San Diego

Heidi VanDerveer was named new head coach of the UC San Diego women’s basketball team on Friday.

VanDerveer, who led Occidental College to four Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women’s basketball titles in four seasons as head coach at the school, replaces Charity Elliott, who accepted the head coaching job at Loyola Marymount in April.

She becomes the sixth coach in program history, taking over a Tritons team that set a school record with 30 wins in 2011-12 and advanced to the NCAA Division II West Regional championship game.

She is the younger sister of Tara VanDerveer, the longtime head coach of the Stanford University women’s team.

More local colleges

Pepperdine’s Jon Moscot threw a two-hitter to lead the Waves to a 4-0 victory over 20th-ranked USD in a West Coast Conference baseball game in Malibu. Connor Joe and Jon Hotta got the only hits for the Toreros (39-14, 14-8).

•Whitney Ashley (discus) and Kelsy Hintz (pole vault) qualified for the NCAA Championships to lead the San Diego State track and field team on the second day of the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds in Austin, Texas.

•The Point Loma Nazarene University men’s golf team, in its final NAIA National Championships, placed 13th in Salem, Ore., with a 10-over 298 in the final round. Ryan Ellerbrook tied for 18th. PLNU moves to NCAA Division II starting this fall.

•Cal State San Marcos golfer Steven Gouirand finished the NAIA National Championships with a 2-over 74, tied for 23rd with a 299.

NBA

Mike Woodson will return as Knicks coach after leading them to their first playoff victory in 11 years. The team removed the interim tag and announced they had given Woodson a multiyear contract extension.

•The league fined Heat coach Erik Spoelstra $25,000 for “critical public comments” about officiating in the Eastern Conference series with the Pacers.

•Celtics guard Avery Bradley is scheduled for surgery on his left shoulder and won’t return for the rest of the playoffs.

Death

Ric McDonald, who spent 19 seasons with the Chargers, including 14 as head trainer, died Thursday at his San Diego home. He was 69. The cause of death is unknown.

McDonald joined the Chargers in 1971 as an assistant trainer after spending two years as the trainer at United States International University. He became the club’s head trainer in 1972. Citing health reasons, he requested a transfer into a front-office position in the spring of 1986 and stayed with the club through the 1989 season.

A Utah native, McDonald is survived by his wife, Jan, three children and two grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending.

Tennis

Top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska beat Kaia Kanepi 7-6 (10-8) 6-3 to set up a championship match against Simona Halep in the Belgian Open in Brussels.

•American qualifier Brian Baker outlasted Nikolay Davydenko 6-7 (5-7), 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the final of the Open de Nice in France against Nicolas Almagro.

•Francesca Schiavone beat American Sloane Stephens 7-5, 6-1 to reach the Strasbourg International final in France against Alize Cornet.

Cycling

Roman Kreuziger won the 19th stage of the Giro d’Italia in Val di Fiemme, Italy, and Joaquin Rodriguez retained the overall lead. The Giro finishes Sunday.

•Theresa Cliff-Ryan won the first stage of the Exergy Tour in Boise, Idaho, beating German sprinter Ina Yoko Teutenberg.

Sports and courts

Knicks guard J.R. Smith was arrested Thursday on a bench warrant for not having a valid driver’s license, Miami Beach police said.